Coral · in the Kissa Kissa racks
The Blues Is Everybody's Business
| Recorded | c. 1958 |
|---|---|
| Label | Coral |
| Released | 1958 |
| Personnel | 53 credited players |
| Discogs | master 753347 |
The record
Twin altos Gene Quill and Phil Woods trade lines against a cello choir and harp on this Coral date, turning blues changes into something closer to chamber music. Proof strings could carry real swing when Albam held the pen.
Session personnel
- Gene Quill — alto saxophone
- Phil Woods — alto saxophone
- Sol Schlinger — baritone saxophone
- Milt Hinton — bass
- Vinnie Burke — bass
- Avron Twerdowsky — cello
- D. Wanderoso — cello
- Dave Levine — cello
- Maurice Bialkin — cello
- Sidney Edwards — cello
- Don Lamond — drums
- Janet Putnam — harp
- Phil Kraus — percussion
- Eddie Costa — piano
- Al Cohn — tenor saxophone
- Al Epstein — tenor saxophone
- Ed Wasserman — tenor saxophone
- Bob Brookmeyer — trombone
- Chauncey Welsch — trombone
- James Dahl — trombone
- Thomas Mitchell — trombone
- Urbie Green — trombone
- Al De Risi — trumpet
- Art Farmer — trumpet
- Bernie Glow — trumpet
- Burt Collins — trumpet
- Ernie Royal — trumpet
- Nick Travis — trumpet
- Don Butterfield — tuba
- Doug Allen — vibraphone [vibes]
- D. Vandersall — viola
- Lucien Schmit — viola
- Maurice Brown — viola
- Arnold Eidus — violin
- Ben Gerrard — violin
- Emanuel Green — violin
- Felix Orlewitz — violin
- Gene Orloff — violin
- Harry Melnikoff — violin
- Irving Spice — violin
- J. Brandt — violin
- Jack Zayde — violin
- Julius Brand — violin
- Julius Held — violin
- Julius Schacter — violin
- Mac Ceppos — violin
- Max Hollander — violin
- Raoul Poliakin — violin
- Ray Free — violin
- Sy Miroff — violin
- Sylvan Shulman — violin
- Tom Frost — violin
- Tosha Samaroff — violin
Contemporary reception
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Pressings
| 1958 | Coral · CRL 59101 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Promo, Mono earliest on file · laminated sleeve; gatefold |
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| 1958 | Coral — MONO |
| 1959 | Coral · LVA 9104 — Vinyl, LP, Album |
| 2005 | Gambit Records · 69211 — CD, Compilation, Reissue, Unofficial Release |
| — | Coral · LPCM1053 — Vinyl, LP, Album · laminated sleeve; gatefold |
| — | Coral · CRL 59101 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono · laminated sleeve; gatefold |
Follow the players
Gene Quill also plays on
Phil Woods also plays on
Sol Schlinger also plays on